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ى.

-ā

Only written in the final position, transliterated ā. Called أَلِف مَقْصُورَة (ʔalif maqṣūra, literally “shortened alif”) or أَلِف لَيِّنَة (ʔalif layyina, literally “flexible alif”). In the rare case of a rasm version of Quran, it is a version of yāʾ.

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Meaning & usage

character-ā
  1. Only written in the final position, transliterated ā. Called أَلِف مَقْصُورَة (ʔalif maqṣūra, literally “shortened alif”) or أَلِف لَيِّنَة (ʔalif layyina, literally “flexible alif”). In the rare case of a rasm version of Quran, it is a version of yāʾ.

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suffix-ā
  1. used to form feminine adjectives

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Where this word comes from

From Proto-Semitic *-ay-.

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